On Dec 24, 11:18 am, William Stein <[email protected]> wrote:

> The problem -- which is a serious one -- is that Sage's symbolic
> integration is by default done using Maxima (this is currently the
> main way in which Maxima is used in Sage; the other big way is for
> solving symbolic equations).  Maxima has a somewhat weak assumptions
> system and was designed in the 1960s when the assumption that a user
> was at the terminal happily answering questions -- a sort of
> conversation -- was considered reasonable.

For the record, I believe that strengthening the assume
system would be the shortest path towards solving the
problem which started this thread.
(As opposed to revising or reimplementing the code
for definite integration.)

FWIW

Robert Dodier

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